1830–2011

Overview

Our most comprehensive Greek bundle, this base package supplement includes Friberg’s Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament and Analytical Greek New Testament, along with Georg Curtius’ A Grammar of the Greek Language and The Greek Verb: Its Structure and Development.

Key Features

Numerous examples pulled from the papyri and ostraca that show how ordinary people used Greek in ordinary contexts

Quotes from the papyri and commentary on how those quotations inform our understanding of the language

Insights into the Greek language and thoughts of the New Testament writers

Exploration of scribal participation in the production of the earliest New Testament writings

History of textual variation in the early centuries of the church

Various methods of recovering the original wording of the Greek New Testament

Principles of Greek Etymology, vol. 1

In this landmark reference book, Curtius clearly outlines and explains the basics of Greek linguistics. Curtius leads the reader through the various philosophies and specific linguistic properties of Greek etymology. He gives an account of the concerns of the academic community regarding New Testament Greek, and the transliteration of several alphabets such as Sanskrit and Cyrillic. He also provides a table comparing many languages, including Sanskrit, Italian, and Old Irish.

Georg Curtius (1820–1885) was born in Germany. As one of the premier German philologists and professors of the 19th century, Curtius’s work has remained as a standard authority on Greek linguistics in New Testament studies. He published several scholarly works during his lifetime, which have been translated and reprinted numerous times into other languages.

Principles of Greek Etymology, vol. 2

In the second volume of this reference work, Curtius continues with his discussion of the representation of sounds. He goes into great detail on the linguistic nature of several Greek sounds, such as sound changes and relation of sounds to each other. Curtius also provides an extensive list of indexes and a table of contents to guide research. This volume acts as a reliable guide to the linguistic properties and principles of Greek New Testament studies.

Georg Curtius (1820–1885) was born in Germany. As one of the premier German philologists and professors of the 19th century, Curtius’s work has remained as a standard authority on Greek linguistics in New Testament studies. He published several scholarly works during his lifetime, which have been translated and reprinted numerous times into other languages.

The Greek Verb: Its Structure and Development

This text gives a full introduction and discussion of the linguistic properties of Greek verbs. Containing over 600 pages, Curtius provides an introduction to the material and several indexes. A practical and authoritative text for both the Greek scholar and seminary student, this work remains as a reference guide as well as theory and criticism of the New Testament Greek studies.

Georg Curtius (1820–1885) was born in Germany. As one of the premier German philologists and professors of the 19th century, Curtius’s work has remained as a standard authority on Greek linguistics in New Testament studies. He published several scholarly works during his lifetime, which have been translated and reprinted numerous times into other languages.